Method of finishing paper



e. w. WHEATON.

METHOD OF FINISHING PAPER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1920- 1,407,61 1, Patented Rab. 211, 1922.

INVENTOR.

ATTO NEYS.

. NH'E GEORGIA W. WHEAION, F APPLE'ION, WISCONSIN.

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stares METHOD OF FINISHING PABEB.

' V 'Applicationfiled May 22,

To all'iuhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGIA WV. VVHnAToN,

a citizen of the United States, and resident State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods of F inishing Paper, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a certain new and useful process or method of producing a finish on paper more especially correspondence paper.

One object of the present invention is to provide a method of finishing paper which will produce a paper of extremely neat appearance and having a design therein and which will also serve to provide a surface on the paper that will give the cheaper grades of paper the appearance of hand made paper.

In finishing the cheaper wood paper, a sizing is employed which presents a surface upon which ink does not take very readily, and it is another object of my invention to provide a method of finishing paper which will so surface the paper as to give the same the appearance of a better grade paper and at the same time .adapt the same to readily receive ink.

A further object of the present invention is toprovide a method of finishing paper which will permit the employment of any number of designs without the necessity of an expensive outlay of dies, etc., thereby permitting the production of the finished paper at a comparatively low cost, all things considered.

.'With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view of a number of sheets Specification of Letters Patent. Pate ted F 1 2L 1922 i920. see no. 383,481. f

of paper arranged according to my improved method and sub] ected to pressure to impress the finish therein; and of Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and Figure 2 is a view of a stack of paper ready to be placed within the pressure means, parts being broken away.

v Referring now to Figure 2 of the drawing, 0 designates a base plate preferably of zinc or an simllar material upon which is placed a wet or moist cloth 6 which is preferably of linen or part linen; 7 designates one or more sheets of paper to be finished which are placed over the wet cloth 6; 8 designates a cloth of any desired material which has worked therein any desired design, which cloth is placed over the sheet or sheets of paper 7; 9 designates one or more sheets of paper placed over the cloth 8; and 10 designates a wet or moist cloth similar to cloth 6 which is placed over the sheet or sheets of paper 9.

Vith the parts in the relation just described, pressure is applied thereto which will impart the design of cloth 8 to the paper 7 and 9, after which the parts are removed from the pressure means and the sheets of paper permitted to dry. As will be readily apparent any number of alternate layers of wet cloth, paper, designed cloth, etc., may be employed, and in Figure 2 I have illustrated several cloths 8, layers of paper 7, and wet or moist cloths 6.

The pressure means which I employ may be in the form of a hand press as depicted in Figure 1 comprising abase 11 and an overhanging arm 12 connected with the base and provided with a central threaded bearing 13 in which is mounted a screw shaft 14. This screw shaft 14 has a plate or plunger 15 mounted 011 one end thereof and a hand operating wheel 16 mounted on the other end thereof.

When the alternate layers of paper, etc.

have been stacked the entire stack is positioned upon the base 11 and the shaft 14 screwed down by a hand wheel 16 to apply pressure thereto, which, by reason of the paper being dampened or moistened by the cloths 6 or 10 will cause the design worked in the cloths 8 to be impressed in the paper "4". he stack is preferably left in the press for a period of time and when removed, the paper is separated and permitted to dry.

It has been found from experience that the ordinary wood pulp paper which ordinarily does not take ink very readily will be given cloth or cloths 8 form what may be termed the "die and as ordinary scraps ofcloth may be employed for this purpose it is possible to obtain a large variety of designs at a min imum expense. 1

"What I claim as my lnvention 1s:

The herein described method of providing a finish on paper WhlClI consists in, placingv f a pluralityof sheetslof paper in superposed relation, inserting substantially midway of the stack thus formed between certain of the sheets of'paper a cloth having the desired design, placing on the top and bottom of the stack, respectively, sheets of moistened material and then applying pressure to the stack,-whereby the moisture. is transferred from the last mentioned sheetsofmaterial to the paper, and the latter conditioned to i receive the impressions .of thedesign in the cloth.

, In testimonywhereof, I affix my signature.

GEORGIA W." WHEATON. 

